The Beatles | A Day In The Life

[Richard Peikoff]

The Beatles | A Day In The Life

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Notes:
'--': 1 bar of 4/4
bpm: 78

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E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Part 1 (Verse chords in order of appearance)

3...2...0...0...3...3: G
2...2...4...4...3...2: Bm/F#
0...2...2...0...0...0: Em
0...2...0...0...0...0: Em7
X...3...2...0...1...0: C
X...2...2...0...0...0: Em/B
X...0...2...2...1...0: Am
0...3...2...2...0...0: Am9/E
1...3...3...2...1...1: F
X...3...0...0...1...0: C2 (add9)

2...X...X...0...0...0: Em/F# (Transition #1 chords: piano comp w/asc. bass line)
3...X...X...0...0...0: Em/G
X...0...X...0...0...0: Em/A
X...2...X...0...0...0: Em/B
X...4...X...0...0...0: Em/C#
X...X...0...0...0...0: Em/D
X...X...2...4...0...0: E5 or
0...2...2...4...0...0: E5

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Part I
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Intro: [0:00] G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C-- C--
Sugarplum fairy....
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Verse: [0:14]

G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C Em/B-- Am Am9/E--
G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C F-- Em Em7--
C F-- Em C C2--

I read the news today oh boy,
About a lucky man who made the grade.
And though the news was rather sad,
Well I just had to laugh,
I saw the photograph.
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Verse: [0:47]

G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C Em/B-- Am Am9/E--
G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C F-- Em Em7-- C C2--

He blew his mind out in a car,
He didn't notice that the lights had changed.
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They'd seen his face before..
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.
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Verse: [1:14]

G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C Em/B-- Am Am9/E--
G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C F-- Em Em7-- C--

I saw a film today oh boy,
The English Army had just won the war.
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had to look,
Having read the book...
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Transition #1: [1:42]

C________Em/F#-- Em/G Em/A-- Em/B Em/C#-- Em/D E5-- (interpret: advance to E5 vamp! @ 2:19)
I'd love to turn____you___on_____on...

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Part 2
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Notes:
'--': 1 bar of 4/4
'**--': 1 bar of 7/8
'*--': 1 bar of 2/4
bpm: 78
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E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Part 2 (Verse chords in order of appearance)

0...2...2...4...0...0: E5 or
0...7...9...9...0...0: E5
X...X...0...2...3...X: D5 or
X...5...7...7...X...X: D5
X...2...4...4...0...X: B5 or
7...9...9...X...X...X: B5

X...3...2...0...1...0: C (Bridge Chords)
3...2...0...0...3...3: G
X...X...0...2...3...2: D
X...0...2...2...2...0: A
0...2...2...1...0...0: E

2...2...4...4...0...0: Bsus4/F# (Transition #2 chords)
3...5...5...0...0...0: G6
X...0...2...2...0...0: Asus2
X...2...4...4...0...0: Bsus4
X...3...5...5...0...0: CM7
X...5...7...7...0...0: D6sus
0...7...9...9...0...0: E5

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Intro: [2:19]

E5-- __________________________E5**-- ______
Orchestra Blast! _ Alarm Clock _ Piano Comp...

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Verse: [2:24] E5-- E5 D5-- D5*-- E5 B5-- E5 B5-- B5*--

Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up, I noticed I was late.
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Verse: [2:39] E5-- E5 D5-- D5*-- E5 B5-- E5 B5--

Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat.
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream____
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Bridge: [2:52] C-- G-- D-- A-- E-- C-- G-- D-- A-- E DC D--

Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh__
Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh Ah Ah__Ahhh__Ahhh_____________

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Return to Part 1
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Verse: [3:21]

G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C Em/B-- Am Am9/E--
G Bm/F#-- Em Em7-- C F-- Em Em7-- C--

I read the news today oh boy,
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all,
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall..

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Transition #2: [3:47]

C_______Bsus4/F#-- G6 Asus2-- Bsus4 CM7-- D6sus E5-- (interpret...)
I'd love to turn you__on________on....

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End: [!!!]

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